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Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut
Drawn by Melody Ma and friends, I believe. It's a slippery slope argument: "if we let these towers slide, then somebody'll suggest even higher towers in the future!"
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Yeah, despite my animosity towards the UDP's decisions from time to time, I doubt they'd let something like that happen. Also, those drawings are hilariously awful in scale -- to even remotely resemble those sketches, they'd have to span multiple blocks or be on top of the Cambie Street Bridge. Lastly, those traffic lights are doing a better job at blocking the view than the PavCo and Concord Towers in their picture.
The beauty of Vancouver's buildings is how the skyline and mountains interact, and it's a shame that the view cones are making the skyline look more like a tabletop, because it becomes a bland frame. In my opinion, by having towers that penetrate the view cone, it creates a texture on the skyline that is echoed by the silhouette of the mountains.